Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
RAF Station Abingdon | ||
No 1 Parachute Training School | RAF Abingdon | Hastings |
No 47 Sqn | RAF Abingdon | Beverley |
No 53 Sqn | RAF Abingdon | Beverley |
Air Movements Development Unit | RAF Abingdon | |
RAF Station Watchfield | Satellite of Abingdon | |
RAF Station Weston-on-the-Green | Satellite of Abingdon | |
RAF Station Benson | Benson, Oxfordshire | |
The Queen's Flight | RAF Benson | Heron |
Transport Command Examining Unit | RAF Benson | |
No 21 Sqn | RAF Benson | Twin Pioneer |
The Balloon Unit | RAF Cardington | Station in TTC |
No 1325 Flight | RAF Changi | Dakota, station in FEAF |
RAF Station Christmas Island | ||
HQ, No 11 RAF Police District | RAF Christmas Island | Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (DPS (PM)) |
RAF Station Colerne | ||
No 24 Sqn | RAF Colerne | Hastings |
No 36 Sqn | RAF Colerne | Hastings |
No 114 Sqn | RAF Colerne | Hastings |
RAF Station Dishforth | ||
No 242 Operational Conversion Unit | RAF Dishforth | Hastings/Valetta/Beverley |
No 30 Sqn | RAF Dishforth | Beverley |
RAF Station Topcliffe | Satellite, Dishforth, station in FTC | |
RAF Support Unit (Australia) | RAAF Edinburgh | |
RAF Holding Unit (Australia) | RAAF Edinburgh | |
No 8 Joint Services Trials Unit | RAAF Edinburgh | Functionally controlled by AM (ACAS (AD)) |
No 12 Joint Services Trials Unit | RAAF Edinburgh | Functionally controlled by AM (ACAS (OR)) |
RAF Staging Post | Goose (Bay), Newfoundland | |
RAF Staging Post | Honolulu (Hickham AFB) | |
HQ, Task Force 'Grapple' | London (Whitehall Gardens) | Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (ACAS (Ops)) |
RAF Station Lyneham | ||
No 99 Sqn | RAF Lyneham | Britannia |
No 216 Sqn | RAF Lyneham | Comet |
No 7410 Reserve Flight | RAF Lyneham | |
RAF Station Clyffe Pypard | Satellite, Lyneham | |
Joint Experimental Helicopter Unit | Middle Wallop (Army) | Functionally controlled by the War Office |
RAF Station Northolt | ||
Metropolitan Communication Sqn | RAF Northolt | Anson/Chipmunk |
No 1 Aeronautical Information Documents Unit | RAF Northolt | Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (D of Ops (M, AT & Nav)) |
RAF Staging Post | Offut AFB, Nebraska | |
RAF Liaison Party | Orange, France | |
RAF Staging Post | Travis AFB, California | |
HQ Transport Command | RAF Upavon | |
Transport Command Communication Flight | RAF Upavon | |
No 230 Sqn | RAF Upavon | Pioneer |
No 13 Joint Services Trials Unit | RAF Upavon | Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (ACAS) |
Transport Command Parachute Servicing Unit | RAF Upper Heyford | Station in Bomber Command |
No 4 Joint Services Trials Unit | RAF White Waltham | Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (ACAS (OR)) |
RAF Hospital | Wroughton | |
No 7411 Reserve Flight | RAF Wroughton |
Transport Command, Inactive Stations
Inactive Station | Parent Station | Status |
Chalgrove | Benson | |
Grove | Abingdon | |
Membury | Abingdon | |
Shellingford | Abingdon | |
Woodcote | Benson |
Source - SD161 (225th Edition) - June 1959
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